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>> all right, al. thank you very much. we're going to get the rest of your forecast in just a little bit. >>> now we turn to washington where president obama welcomes his former rival, governor romney, to the white house today. it is their first meeting since the hard-fought election. and they've got a lot to talk about. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director. chuck, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it's an event that both men believe is important for the country to show that no matter how nasty the campaign got that american politics, we eventually rise above these things. now there's no set agenda between the two men, president obama and mitt romney, no aides will be present. may end up being simply two guys breaking bread and sharing war stories. >> reporter: the last time president obama and mitt romney came face to face, they were locked in a bitter fight for the presidency. today, they'll try to bury the today, they'll try to bury the today, they'll try to bury the to
>> all right, al. thank you very much. we're going to get the rest of your forecast in just a little bit. >>> now we turn to washington where president obama welcomes his former rival, governor romney, to the white house today. it is their first meeting since the hard-fought election. and they've got a lot to talk about. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director. chuck, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it's an event that both...
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. >> president obama's instinct, to try to see if iran is amenable to negotiations is the right one because that will tell us whether or not iran is serious about stopping short of a nuclear weapon. >> tehran under pressure, its economy in shambles after years of sanctions for not letting inspectors into all the facilities. now they want to show the world they've exhausted diplomatic options. >> the question is, is there a deal that we could accept that the iranians could accept. i tend to be skeptical. >> of course, iran and the u.s. have other big disagreements over iran's military aid to the regime in syria and rockets that smuggle to hamas. in the second term, no foreign policy challenge is more critical. the president has been dealing with iran's suspected nuclear threats. >> andrea mitchell in washington. thanks so much. >>> egypt islamists approved a draft constitution this morning that could further enrage anti-government protesters. it was passed without participation of liberal and christian members. human rights experts fear it could give muslim clerics influence over legislation
. >> president obama's instinct, to try to see if iran is amenable to negotiations is the right one because that will tell us whether or not iran is serious about stopping short of a nuclear weapon. >> tehran under pressure, its economy in shambles after years of sanctions for not letting inspectors into all the facilities. now they want to show the world they've exhausted diplomatic options. >> the question is, is there a deal that we could accept that the iranians could...
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, right. absolutely. jim in politico, mcconnell and obama overcome bad blood? they're not fond of each other. really. before thanksgiving mcconnell mcconnell's blunt message in a private phone call to president obama. only four out of 120 kentucky counties. [ huh ] he was warning obama of the mounting campaign to avert the fiscal cliff backfire because he lost counties in kentucky. >> you didn't win any counties in kentucky so you're a big loser. >> stephanie: the frosty relationship between the two of them. they rarely met or spoke privately since obama moved into the oval office. do you think he knocks on on the door every now and then? come on, mitch don't be like that. [ knocking on the door ] >> he's withholding from me. >> stephanie: is that what the atrium sounds like? >> i'm going back to the galapagos islands. >> stephanie: for christmas to visit family. john fugelsang fridays with fugalsang next on "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> stephanie: h
, right. absolutely. jim in politico, mcconnell and obama overcome bad blood? they're not fond of each other. really. before thanksgiving mcconnell mcconnell's blunt message in a private phone call to president obama. only four out of 120 kentucky counties. [ huh ] he was warning obama of the mounting campaign to avert the fiscal cliff backfire because he lost counties in kentucky. >> you didn't win any counties in kentucky so you're a big loser. >> stephanie: the frosty...
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approach.y this is not the right r: toach. anythis impasse is one of many geithnerreasury secretary tim geithner, mr. obama's lead with t negotiator, will have meetings e bowlesth top congressional thisrs. othpson bowles met with all the ue.yers at both ends of 'mnnsylvania avenue. >> i'm not more optimistic or less optimistic. puthopeful but don't put me e nearnywhere near the optimistic category. tove got a long way to go and a likefew days to get it done. >> lindsey graham from south carolina have offered to break a revenueax increase pledge and ntise revenue as part of a deal but graham now is pulling back until the president offers ntitlement reform. a i've not seen one deal from country downouse that deal with medicare, medicaid and social security which are all going to fail and take this country down the road of grief. and until i hear something from the white house on that, i'm not going to say another thing on revenue. >> mr. obama will meet with his v vanquished republican rival, mitt romney. it's been several weeks
approach.y this is not the right r: toach. anythis impasse is one of many geithnerreasury secretary tim geithner, mr. obama's lead with t negotiator, will have meetings e bowlesth top congressional thisrs. othpson bowles met with all the ue.yers at both ends of 'mnnsylvania avenue. >> i'm not more optimistic or less optimistic. puthopeful but don't put me e nearnywhere near the optimistic category. tove got a long way to go and a likefew days to get it done. >> lindsey graham from...
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it's all right quit for the week. most lawmakers assume correctly there are bit players until there's a deal. that looks more complicated until mr. obama demanded republicans raise the debt ceiling this month without any spending cut strings attached. >> if congress in any way suggests they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes, and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, i will not play that game. because we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> reporter: the president sees the fiscal cliff showdown as an opportunity to break that linkage for good. republicans say they will not increase the debt ceiling now $16 trillion and due to expire in february without more deficit reduction. >> history shows the only major deficit cutting deals we ever do around here, ever, comes after debates over the debt ceiling. it may be a good idea if you don't care about the debt, but it's a non-starter for those of us who do. >> reporter: public opinion generally is on the presi
it's all right quit for the week. most lawmakers assume correctly there are bit players until there's a deal. that looks more complicated until mr. obama demanded republicans raise the debt ceiling this month without any spending cut strings attached. >> if congress in any way suggests they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes, and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, i will not play that game. because we've got to break that habit...
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quite frankly we believe the president is moving in the right direction. we believe that in this point of time the more noise, the more meetings we hold and the more people we mobilize, the stronger the possibility that the president will stay true to his commitments to the american people. >> cenk: talking about entitlements and medicare and medicinemedicaid. >> let's go for the big deal. let's say something that we can say for the 10, 20 years period for the first time our country is on the right sustainable fiscal path. the only way to get that done is for republicans to step back and get mercifully criticized by grover norquist and the right and the democrats will criticize on the left. >> cenk: they're going to cut medicare and medicaid. it's 100% guarantee. what are you going to do then. >> i don't believe it's 100% guarantee. the stronger we are as progressives, on the streets on the phones, the stronger possibility that we'll protect these vital programs. this fight is not over. the deal is not secretly set already. there are a lot of developments
quite frankly we believe the president is moving in the right direction. we believe that in this point of time the more noise, the more meetings we hold and the more people we mobilize, the stronger the possibility that the president will stay true to his commitments to the american people. >> cenk: talking about entitlements and medicare and medicinemedicaid. >> let's go for the big deal. let's say something that we can say for the 10, 20 years period for the first time our country...